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OUR WORK
Defending Individual Rights
standing with the marginalized, ensuring every person’s rights are protected
Building Inclusive Community
mentoring the next generation of social justice leaders
Fueling SYSTEMIC Change
improving the systems by which all society attains and benefits from justice
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Opinion: New York Passed Historic Worker Protection Laws. Now We Have to Make Them Real
City Limits
"Organizations like Worker’s Justice Project, Street Vendor Project, Laundry Workers Center, and Desis Rising Up and Moving (DRUM) have spent years building relationships in communities that are often overlooked by traditional institutions."NYC Council ‘Concerned’ its Worker Protection Laws Are Toothless Unless Mamdani Pumps More Money Into Agency Responsible For Enforcing Them
AM NY
"Former DCWP chair Lorelei Salas, who served the agency under ex-Mayor Bill de Blasio, and worker advocacy groups, like the Workers Justice Project, Los Deliveristas and the Street Vendor Project, have also told amNewYork the agency needs more funding if it’s going to be able to properly carry out its duties."
Two Deaths in 24 Hours: Rikers Island Sees Another Inmate Die From Reported Medical Emergency
AM NY
“We need every part of city government to be working with urgency toward closing Rikers. That includes passing a budget that makes real and substantial investments in prevention and diversion, including ending the cruel surge of low-level arrests that is funneling more and more vulnerable people through the courts and Rikers.”
